U.S. Air Force Set To Enter The UFO Research Arena… Again?

SEC. 345. SUPPORT FOR AND OVERSIGHT OF UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL PHENOMENA 
              TASK FORCE.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Appropriate committees of congress.--The term 
        ``appropriate committees of Congress'' includes:
                    (A) The congressional intelligence committees.
                    (B) The Committee on Armed Services of the Senate.
                    (C) The Committee on Armed Services of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) Unidentified aerial phenomena task force.--The term 
        ``Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force'' means the task 
        force established by the Department of Defense on August 4, 
        2020, to be led by the Department of the Navy, under the Office 
        of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and 
        Security.
    (b) Availability of Data on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena.--The 
Director of National Intelligence and the Secretary of Defense shall 
each, in coordination with each other, require each element of the 
intelligence community and the Department of Defense with data relating 
to unidentified aerial phenomena to make such data available 
immediately to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force and to the 
National Air and Space Intelligence Center.
    (c) Quarterly Reports to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and not less frequently than 
        quarterly thereafter, the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task 
        Force, or such other entity as the Deputy Secretary of Defense 
        may designate to be responsible for matters relating to 
        unidentified aerial phenomena, shall submit to the appropriate 
        committees of Congress quarterly reports on the findings of the 
        Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force, or such other 
        designated entity as the case may be.
            (2) Contents.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include, at a minimum, the following:
                    (A) All reported unidentified aerial phenomena-
                related events that occurred during the previous 90 
                days.
                    (B) All reported unidentified aerial phenomena-
                related events that occurred during a time period other 
                than the previous 90 days but were not included in an 
                earlier report.
            (3) Form.--Each report submitted under paragraph (1) shall 
        be submitted in classified form.

“On 17 December 1967 the United States Air Force discontinued investigating UFO sightings with the discontinuation of Project Blue Book . My office would not maintain records pertaining to UFO investigation,” NASIC said. But, even that statement is historically inaccurate.

The Black Vault has appealed NASIC’s denial, given the new evidence presented within the language of the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Although this has not been passed into law, so no records would exist as mandated by it if it should be at a later date; NASIC’s inclusion in the language indicates there would be some level of either current involvement with the effort, or at the very least, contact with NASIC by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) or the DoD, to inform them they would be on the receiving end of the data.

Despite the inaccuracies, the bill will provide FOIA fodder for The Black Vault (and likely many others) for years to come.